Can't install update in App Store

I can't update any applications in App Store.


I have 5 updates. One is Command Line Tools for Xcode 8.3. The others are iMovie, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote.


When I try to update Command Line Tools (macOS Sierra version 10.12) for Xcode 8.3, I get:

An error has occurred

The operation couldn't be completed. Permission denied(13)


When I try to update one of the other applications, I get

We could not complete your update.

Unknown Error.



I have tried rebooting. I have looked in console but I don't see any errors related to App Store. I do see the following error repeated every so often, not sure if it is related but it has permissions in it:

error 11:50:24.006404 -0400 AssetCache Built-in Caching Server version 170 started

default 11:50:24.087473 -0400 AssetCache Server GUID is 189DE659-4C5E-486E-ABF6-A2A11AC4FCE5

error 11:50:24.158929 -0400 AssetCache error: -addPersistentStoreWithType:SQLite configuration:(null) URL:file:///Library/Caches/com.apple.AssetCache/AssetInfo.db options:{

NSInferMappingModelAutomaticallyOption = 1;

NSMigratePersistentStoresAutomaticallyOption = 1;

} ... returned error Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=257 "The file couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view it." with userInfo dictionary {

}

error 11:50:24.159136 -0400 AssetCache Got error Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=257 "The file couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view it." adding persistent store for /Library/Caches/com.apple.AssetCache/AssetInfo.db

error 11:50:24.159376 -0400 AssetCache Resetting cache directory /Library/Caches/com.apple.AssetCache

error 11:50:24.207404 -0400 AssetCache Error removing /Library/Caches/com.apple.AssetCache: “com.apple.AssetCache” couldn’t be removed because you don’t have permission to access it.



Could not create download folder - /var/folders/g7/npdlz6d55gn_q2y02rwwdgs40000gn/C/com.apple.appstore/417375580 - Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=513 "You don’t have permission to save the file “417375580” in the folder “com.apple.appstore”." UserInfo={NSFilePath=/var/folders/g7/npdlz6d55gn_q2y02rwwdgs40000gn/C/com.apple .appstore/417375580, NSUnderlyingError=0x610000258bd0 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=13 "Permission denied"}}

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12.6)

Posted on Oct 15, 2018 7:24 AM

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